ELP Standards & Assessment
ELP Standards: WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards
ELP Assessment: WIDA-ACCESS for ELLs
ELP Scores and Reports: WIDA - How to Read Scores
Statewide Standards-Based Assessment
Hawaii Assessment:
ELL Accommodations:
Additional Information
NCELA: Title III Hawaii Profile
WIDA: Hawaii Contact Information
Common Core State Standards: Yes
Education Week: Spotlight on English Language Learners 2016
**Note: Regulations change with time. These guidelines were compiled in February 2016. For more detailed information regarding ELL guidelines and policies at the state and federal levels, please see the following:
Statewide Organizations
Hawaii State Parent Information Resource Centers
The overall goal of the Hawaii State PIRC is to increase parental involvement in their children's education to improve academic achievement and to strengthen school-family-community partnerships in meeting children's educational needs.
Hawaii State Teachers Association
Hawaii State Teachers Association is a National Education Association State Affiliate that regularly lobbies legislators for the resources schools need, campaigns for higher professional standards for the teaching profession, and files legal actions to protect academic freedom and the rights of school employees.
Hawaii TESOL is committed to building a community of professionals teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) in the State of Hawaii.
References
Editorial Projects in Education (EPE). "Most Common Non-English Languages Spoken by ELL Youths, by State." Perspectives on a Population: English-Language Learners in American Schools (Education Week's Quality Counts 2009 Report). Pg. 13. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2009/01/08/index.html. January 2009.
Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students. Hawaii Rate of EL Growth (1997/98-2007/08). Compiled July 2010 and retrieved from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis/state/hawaii/data.